my creative space.

today i'm hoping to get some sewing done. some garment sewing *cue gasps and looks of shock*
i'm not a very big sewer but today for some reason, i have some (most likely misplaced) confidence.
last night at ncb, the lovely anna, kindly brought along two massive bags of her 'scraps'. in one of the bags, there was a massive piece of jersey knit and after a quick measure of myself against the fabric, i knew it would be perfect for a wooly winter sweater dress.




i've got a dress that i like in a similar weight of knit, so today, i'm challenging myself to re-create it in the brown knit i thankfully received last night.
well that is as long as i get my painting done first that is...

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finders keepers.

i managed to get to finders keepers on sunday after work, just in the nick of time too.
some shenanigans at work meant that i didn't actually get to the market until just before 5! luckily i had knew exactly what i wanted and brianna had let me know where to find it...


i have honestly been eyeing off this little recipe book since the last melbourne finders keepers market. i saw it again at the magnolia square market at the start of the month and from there on out decided it would be mine! the lovely ladies at write to me also popped this little notebook in my bag too. so very generous of them and definitely went a long way in cheering up my day!



on my way to finding the write to me stall (although brianna gave me quite good instructions, i'm very prone to mixing up my left and my right...) i happened past the bespoke stand where i picked up my reading material for the week.
i also spotted the notions stall and had a good chat to rosie and picked up a brooch from her newly named 'wanderlust' collection. it's a little cute AND it smells amazing as it's cut from tasmanian pine. takes me back to campfires and oddly, year 7 woodwork classes...
it made me kind of ridiculously happy to pin this on my cardigan and sniff it all the way to the mother in laws and then out to dinner.

missing out on seeing most of finders keepers this time is making me feel i'll enjoy it even more next time. oh and i've just found out, i'll be able to visit a daylesford makers market soon too. i've just booked in for a girls weekend away on the same weekend in june that it's on! very excited to not only spend time with my lovely female family members and have a good old relax. but also to get to shopping and oohing and aaaahing over pretty handmade goodies.
yes very excited indeed.

now i'm off to get organised for ncb! have to make sure i don't fill up on to much dinner before hand... they have quite magnificent desserts.


this is what we had last time... fresh out of the oven!
hope to see you there!

making plans...

today i'm sitting down and making some plans....




i'm (hopefully) making a meal plan for the next week or so. i say hopefully as i might just get distracted by all the pictures of the delicious foods and not actually plan anything at all. hopefully, i'll make a meal plan. a fairly large bit inspired by the lovely pink patent mary janes!



i'm planning a bit of a furniture re-arrange. nothing drastic, just trying to incorporate some new furniture which i'm very excited about. promise i'll share more tomorrow! (though not more of my horrible floor layout drawings ha ha!)



and i'm also (less excitedly) planning what housework needs to be done and when. a real estate inspection next thursday and working 6 of the next 7 days is calling for a whole heap of cleaning and some very strict time organisational skills me thinks.

oh and i'm off to northern craft bonanza tonight. can't wait to catch up with everyone! and luckily i've got such a busy day planned otherwise i might run out of wool for the stripy blankie and have nothing to do tonight!

my creative space.

features poorly lit photographs. just a heads up. where on earth did that lovely sunshine from the weekend go?
anywho, today i'm working some more on lea's blankie...



giving myself completely over to the random* colour choices and excellent hooky rhythm of this pattern. well that is in between housework and a much needed yoga class....

oh and have a look at what's back on the calendar!




tinniegirl has allllllll the info!

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*random has rules though... i use every colour within a "section" of 5 colours (i've done 2 "sections" so far) and i won't use the same colour twice. totally random.

hexagons, as far as the eye can see.

after our jaunt to magnolia square, and about a zillion op-shops, miss rolling in fabric came back to my house and had a bit of a play with her hexagons.



look at her go, laying them all out like the amazing quilter she is ha ha!



and doesn't it look preeeeeeeeeeeeetty? much bigger than i was thinking actually, even with my horrible maths.



after much debate, and a fair bit of trialling (read: lots of frogging), we decided on double crochet for the edging. and i'm joining on the go! so much easier time wise, but a bit trickier brain wise.


i've even made a start to it! slow going at the moment though due to the mass amount of assignments currently being piled on.
expect to see it growing at northern craft bonanza on thursday night.

my late creative space.

yesterday i was word lazy. and picture lazy. in other words, blog lazy.
my hands just wouldn't do it for me. it would only do a little bit of this....


i'm doing a little unpicking at the moment.
removing all that coles rubbish about shopping where a masterchef shops. i don't know many chefs that would shop at coles...
but i'm leaving the coles part, well i'll get rid of the 's' :D
then i can pretend i have my own masterchef apron (yes i'm really that lame).

my hands have also been doing a little bit of this...



brianna took me shopping at sunspun and bought the rest of the wool needed for her hexie blankie.
i anticipate finishing it far too soon for the amount of assessment tasks i already have due.
i even whipped up a fair few last night at northern craft bonanza! my very first time there but it won't be my last :D

there's plenty more creative spaces here at kirsty's blog. though i bet they weren't quite as late as me...